Ben Cardin actually said...

"the most important stakeholders, as Chairman Baucus has pointed out, are taxpayers in this country and the families that depend upon the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Medicaid, ..."

"we want to make sure that they are used effectively. We have very tight dollars."

"The gender equity issues have been a very high priority of the Obama administration and will be a very high priority of this committee."

"Democracy has made strong gains in Asia over the past few decades."